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BPFK Section: Grammatical Pro-sumti

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pc:
> I am getting more worried about this identifiction of {ka}s and {du'u}s.

What's an example where they differ? I mean, where would you use
a {lo ka ...} without any {ce'u}s?

> A
> proposition is not a property,

We agree about that. A property has an open slot, whereas a
proposition does not. And a relation has more than one open slot.

> a function to properties (a more abstract
> property) is not a function to a propositions.

Agreed.

> Joan's beauty is not that
> Joan is beautiful (one extends to an event, the other to a truth value).

Joan's beauty is {lo nu la djon cu melbi}.
That Joan is beautiful is {lo du'u la djon cu melbi}.

> There are a mess of interrelations which need working out, but simple
> identity doesn't seem to hack it.

We have a tendency of using {ka} instead of {nu} when the selbri
corresponds to an adjective (or a noun). But there's no reason
to do that, is there? As far as I can tell, Joan's beauty is like
Joan's running, {lo nu dy melbi} or {lo nu dy bajra}. That one is
more or less atemporal should not matter. Or is there something
about her beauty that is crucially different from her running?

mu'o mi'e xorxes




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